Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-09-29
FARM NOTES.

FARM NOTES.
A new dairy machine, invented by Nj.
Higp site, of Paris, has been described
by Prof. James Long. 1t extracts the
moisture from butter or the whey from
soft cheese by means of suction. The
vase of the machine consists of a reser
voir which has india rubber sides, and at
the bottom a piece of perforated metal
of very fine quality; this commun Gates
with an aspirating pump and a reservoir
for the liquid which is drawn out by
vacuum erected by working the machine.
Filtration is rapid, and TO a few moments
the curd is solid ana ready to be placed
into molds, which form the skim milk
cheese.
Cultivated in groves, the average growth
in twelve years of several varieties of
hard wood has been ascertained to be
about as follows: White maple reaches
foot in diameter and 30 feet in height;
ash, leaf maple, or box elder, l foot,
in diameter and 20 feet high; white will
low, Is inches and 80 feet; Lombardy
poplar, 10 inches and 40 feet; blue and
white ASH 10 inches and 20 feet; black
walnut and butternut, 10 inches and 20
feet.
Constaptinople paper says that for
the last two weeks Constantinople has
resembled a gigantic sheep-fold. In all
its quarters and suburbs numerous flecks
of sheep are to be seen among which
predominant the Caramanian breed. The
greater part have been assembled owing
to the drought which afflicts the provin-
ces of Angora, Koniah, and Adana. There
is thus surfeit of sheep, and this obliges
owners 70 sell at loss, as they can not
feed them any longer.
Popcorn is sold by weight and COM
mands a ready sale. As poultry food it
is better than any other kind of corn, as
it is not so rich in fat aud contains a
larger proportion of albuminoids. Al
though the ears are small, yet crop of
popcorn produces nearly as much as the
larger varieties, as it contains a larger
number of ears to the stalk, while more
stalks can also be grown on hill.
Some of the older states are renewing
their growth of timber, thus tending to
allay the fears of an eventual exhaustion
of the timber supply, In New England
there is a vigorous second growth of
white pine, where the forests are already
yielding between 200,000,000 and 100000,
900 feet of timber annually.
Phylloxera have Appealed in several
! vineyards near Blebrich, and the utmost
Consideration naturally prevails in the
Rheingan, as the affect vines are within q
/ few miles of the Johnnisberg, Steinberg,
Rauenthal, and Marcobrunn vineyards,
which produce the finest of all the wines
of the Rhine.
/ Hop-raislng is said TO be more profit
able in Oregon and Washington territory
| than in any of the eastern states. The
| seasons are long, insects are scarce, poles
are cheap, and plenty while the crop is
harvested by Indians, who work for small
wages, and are reported as being very
| reliable.
/ The Boston Advertiser reports that
Iowa farmers are writing to Vermont
with regard to purchasing farms there
and it says that already movement has
set in from various directions that bids
to settle the problem of the hill towns OF
New England by repeopling them.
An English gardner has discovered
/ that the peculiar strong, and to most
persons disagreeable flavor of parsnips
may be avoided by sowing the seed
| quite late in the season so as to have the
/ roots attain most of their size in the fall
instead of in the summer.
There is a remarkable scarcity of Lima
beans in most northern cities this seaso n
/ The vines made q very small growth
during the prolonged drought, and since
| il was broken it has been too cold for
! pods to form.
/ The culture Of annette has been intro
duced into several of the West India
\ islands. Sin rich lands the bushes viii
make large growth If planted in sod, and
will produce berries in three or -four
/ years.
The first Of the new crop of Carolina
rice, thirteen barrels, was sold in New
York, Aug, 81, at cents a pound. The
1 quality was prime
According to Mr.. G. IL. Oldham, an
authority on fax cultivation, the south oil
/ Ireland is much better fitted in respect OF
soil and climate, for the growth Of the
crop than Ulster il, and when fax was
grown in the south the average yield was
always greater than in the northern
province. He, therefore, advocates tbs
cultivation of flax in the south, with tbs
view to doubling the quantity at presen
produced in ireland. The quantity q
fiber required annually TO keep the Irisi
linen factories going is about $4,000 tons
while the average produce Of Ireland i
about 10000 tons. In 1856 1t was littli
over $4,000 tons, aud 1000 tons we're ex
ported. Mr.. Oldham objects to tn,
wasteful system Of growing for the fibe
only, and not taking the linseed, H
also complains that under the scratching
mill system the farmer il feeced at ever.
turn.